This is a page about removing VapoRub from a plastic bowl. Dawn dish soap or a long soak in vinegar and water may help clean the bowl. However, you may not want to reuse the bowl for food in the future. Plastic is very porous and you may be unable to clean the bowl thoroughly enough for it to be safe.
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
How do you remove VapoRub from around a plastic bowl? It was used it to relieve congestion by steaming your chest?
Pour small amount of Dawn liquid directly into bowl - spread it around on all surfaces and let site for 15-30 minutes - add small amount of water and rub with a scrubber of some sort (or stiff brush). Rinse thoroughly several times and check bowl for odor and feel. You can place this bowl in the sunshine and spray water several times an hour to finish the job.
Goo Gone or Dawn will do the trick :)
soak overnight covered in 1/4cup vinegar to each gallon of water-then wash as usual
My husband retired from a chemical plant where this product was made. He says this bowl needs to be dedicated for this purpose only in the future or throw it away. Due to some of the ingredients in it, it should never be used for food in the future, despite how clean you think you have it.
Would blue down work in a metal pot? I dont want to take the nonstick coating off?
